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Hospitals
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Journalists get guidance on navigating HIPAA rules #ahcj15
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was enacted nearly 20 years ago to make reporters gnash their teeth. Not quite,…
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Why we still need human relationships in an era of digital medicine
Is computerized medicine all it’s cracked up to be? Or has it so dramatically eliminated the human factor that we…
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Study: Little evidence that integrating hospital, physician care improves quality or reduces costs
When health system executives tout the benefits of acquiring hospitals or physician groups, they often say the combined entity will…
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Health Journalism 2015 agenda covers gamut of health care
We have posted descriptions of nearly all of the panels planned for Health Journalism 2015 and it’s an agenda packed…
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Finding the full story behind hospital mergers, consolidations
Across the country, health systems are getting larger, gobbling up community hospitals or smaller chains. Some of this has to…
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How close are we to meeting the promise of electronic health records?
Yes, technology is transforming health care. No, we haven’t come anywhere close to realizing the vision. Smooth patient handoffs, data-driven…
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When hospitals buy physician practices, patients hit with fees
WSB-Atlanta recently explored what happens when hospitals buy physician practices, which has been happening all over the Atlanta area. Prices…
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Reporter finds nonprofit hospital’s suit against uninsured patient was just one of many
In January 2012, EMTs took Ignacio Alaniz by helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital, one of the largest nonprofit medical centers…
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Experts share realities behind generic, specialty drug pricing
Health journalists received a few lessons in economics during a discussion last week on some alarming drug trends – largely…
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Reporting on how, why hospital superusers account for bulk of health-care spending
Tim Darragh has written a “How I did It“ essay on his yearlong project looking at a community-wide effort to…